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US counties by traffic fatality rate

Loving County had the highest traffic fatality rate of 3075 counties in 2016, at 6,122.4 per 100,000 people. Ziebach County had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 16.5 per 100,000 people and the figure for the United States was 11.7 per 100,000 people. Source: NHTSA and BEA.

Highest6,122.4Loving County
Lowest0Ziebach County
Median16.53075 counties
United States11.7History

Top 40 counties, 2016

Loving County: 6,122.4 per 100,000 peopleLoving County6,122.4Alpine County: 630.6 per 100,000 peopleAlpine County630.6Kenedy County: 492.6 per 100,000 peopleKenedy County492.6Treasure County: 419.6 per 100,000 peopleTreasure County419.6Esmeralda County: 401.6 per 100,000 peopleEsmeralda County401.6Hudspeth County: 376.4 per 100,000 peopleHudspeth County376.4Clark County: 358.9 per 100,000 peopleClark County358.9Harding County: 287.8 per 100,000 peopleHarding County287.8Kimble County: 276.4 per 100,000 peopleKimble County276.4De Baca County: 271.4 per 100,000 peopleDe Baca County271.4Guadalupe County: 267.4 per 100,000 peopleGuadalupe County267.4Mineral County: 246.3 per 100,000 peopleMineral County246.3Hyde County: 228.3 per 100,000 peopleHyde County228.3Gilliam County: 213.1 per 100,000 peopleGilliam County213.1Petroleum County: 203.3 per 100,000 peoplePetroleum County203.3Glasscock County: 171.5 per 100,000 peopleGlasscock County171.5Harper County: 168.8 per 100,000 peopleHarper County168.8Oldham County: 163 per 100,000 peopleOldham County163Borden County: 162.9 per 100,000 peopleBorden County162.9Chase County: 152.5 per 100,000 peopleChase County152.5San Juan County: 150.4 per 100,000 peopleSan Juan County150.4Campbell County: 144.8 per 100,000 peopleCampbell County144.8Briscoe County: 139.3 per 100,000 peopleBriscoe County139.3McMullen County: 137.2 per 100,000 peopleMcMullen County137.2Culberson County: 134 per 100,000 peopleCulberson County134Sherman County: 132.4 per 100,000 peopleSherman County132.4Griggs County: 130 per 100,000 peopleGriggs County130Divide County: 128.4 per 100,000 peopleDivide County128.4Coke County: 124.2 per 100,000 peopleCoke County124.2Lane County: 122.6 per 100,000 peopleLane County122.6Ringgold County: 122.4 per 100,000 peopleRinggold County122.4Schuyler County: 119.9 per 100,000 peopleSchuyler County119.9Terrell County: 118.9 per 100,000 peopleTerrell County118.9Delta County: 118.8 per 100,000 peopleDelta County118.8Crockett County: 117.9 per 100,000 peopleCrockett County117.9Costilla County: 117.1 per 100,000 peopleCostilla County117.1Niobrara County: 116.2 per 100,000 peopleNiobrara County116.2Grant County: 115.4 per 100,000 peopleGrant County115.4Martin County: 113.6 per 100,000 peopleMartin County113.6Greenwood County: 113.4 per 100,000 peopleGreenwood County113.4
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
per 100,000 people		Change on 2015
1Loving County6,122.4+2,896.6 pts
2Alpine County630.6+542 pts
3Kenedy County492.6+19.8 pts
4Treasure County419.6+419.6 pts
5Esmeralda County401.6-248.6 pts
6Hudspeth County376.4+110.8 pts
7Clark County358.9+242.4 pts
8Harding County287.8+287.8 pts
9Kimble County276.4+68.8 pts
10De Baca County271.4+111.9 pts
11Guadalupe County267.4+87.2 pts
12Mineral County246.3+119.6 pts
13Hyde County228.3+228.3 pts
14Gilliam County213.1+213.1 pts
15Petroleum County203.3+203.3 pts
16Glasscock County171.5-323.5 pts
17Harper County168.8+86.2 pts
18Oldham County163-264.4 pts
19Borden County162.9+1.1 pts
20Chase County152.5+1.3 pts
21San Juan County150.4+150.4 pts
22Campbell County144.8+73.9 pts
23Briscoe County139.3+139.3 pts
24McMullen County137.2-387.1 pts
25Culberson County134-394.2 pts
26Sherman County132.4+132.4 pts
27Griggs County130+130 pts
28Divide County128.4+128.4 pts
29Coke County124.2-32.5 pts
30Lane County122.6+62.4 pts
31Ringgold County122.4+122.4 pts
32Schuyler County119.9+119.9 pts
33Terrell County118.9+118.9 pts
34Delta County118.8+79.5 pts
35Crockett County117.9+32.6 pts
36Costilla County117.1+57.3 pts
37Niobrara County116.2+39.2 pts
38Grant County115.4+47.1 pts
39Martin County113.6-92.1 pts
40Greenwood County113.4+81.6 pts
41Monroe County109.5+69.8 pts
42Roberts County109.1+109.1 pts
43Jones County108.8-1.2 pts
44Golden Valley County107.9+107.9 pts
45Dewey County107.1+44.5 pts
46Meagher County104.8+104.8 pts
47Cass County104.7+67.6 pts
48La Paz County102.2-3.9 pts
49Jackson County101.9+2.1 pts
50Billings County101.8+101.8 pts
51Real County101.1-68.7 pts
52Garfield County100.3+100.3 pts
53Carson County99.1-51.4 pts
54Oglala Lakota County98.7+56.4 pts
55Saguache County98.6+81.9 pts
56Custer County97.7-25.3 pts
57Daggett County97.3+3.6 pts
58Reeves County96.8-43.8 pts
59Big Horn County96.8+14.1 pts
60Franklin County96.1+57.5 pts
61Camas County95.5-0.5 pts
62Jasper County94.1+36.8 pts
63Coosa County94.1+66.2 pts
64Socorro County94+70.7 pts
65Warren County93.5-18.2 pts
66Mora County92.1+47.2 pts
67Granite County92.1+60.3 pts
68Jenkins County91.1+46 pts
69Mineral County90.8+45.8 pts
70Dolores County90.7+43.2 pts
71Chicot County90.5+18.3 pts
72Emery County89.7+30.9 pts
73Crosby County89.2+18.6 pts
74Hartley County88-53.3 pts
75Burke County88+88 pts
76Wolfe County87.5+30 pts
77Gasconade County87.5+67.3 pts
78Idaho County86.9+62.2 pts
79Greer County86+69.1 pts
80Foard County85.3+85.3 pts
80Prairie County85.3+85.3 pts
82Twiggs County85.3+25.1 pts
83Jasper County84.9+63.9 pts
84Roger Mills County83.1+83.1 pts
85Kemper County82.8+21.5 pts
86Kidder County82.3+82.3 pts
87Sutton County81.9-25.7 pts
88Sioux County81.6+81.6 pts
89Mountrail County81.5+31.3 pts
90Webster County81.3+1.6 pts
91Garfield County81.1-0.1 pts
92East Feliciana Parish80.6+40.2 pts
93Platte County80.4+35.1 pts
94Ward County79.5-8.1 pts
95Shoshone County79.3+55.5 pts
96Torrance County78.9+26.9 pts
97Rosebud County78.3+34.3 pts
98Lyman County77.8+77.8 pts
99Greeley County75.2+75.2 pts
100Ballard County75+50.5 pts
101Gove County74.9-71 pts
101Rock County74.9+1.3 pts
103Leon County74.6+24.9 pts
104Kearny County74.5+74.5 pts
105Blanco County74.3+36.5 pts
106Jackson County74.1-0.1 pts
107Kiowa County74+74 pts
108Madison County73.9+29.3 pts
109Coleman County73.7+24.2 pts
110White Pine County73.7+32.3 pts
111Hitchcock County73.6+73.6 pts
112Northampton County72.9+48.6 pts
113Wabaunsee County72.8+43.7 pts
114Lynn County72.6-36 pts
115Mineral County72.5+1.1 pts
116Freestone County72.2+15.9 pts
117Aurora County72-37.1 pts
118Keith County72+48 pts
119Stafford County71.3+47.6 pts
120Butler County70.9+35.8 pts
121Sussex County70.5+44.7 pts
122Powell County70.2+30.8 pts
123Owsley County69.8+23.3 pts
124Maries County69.8+24 pts
125Piute County69.6+69.6 pts
126Calhoun County69.1+0.2 pts
127Morton County69+69 pts
128Hidalgo County68.9-20.7 pts
129Jerome County68.9+38.2 pts
130Adair County68.8+68.8 pts
131Glascock County68.6+68.6 pts
132Gray County68.6+34.7 pts
133Jefferson County68.4+51.6 pts
134Harney County68.3+26.7 pts
135Stillwater County68.1+45.8 pts
136Ralls County68.1+38.7 pts
137San Juan County67.2+33.6 pts
138Lawrence County66.5+36.4 pts
139Nolan County66.5+53.3 pts
140Jasper County66.3+48.2 pts
141Miller County65.6+32.4 pts
142Rush County65.5+65.5 pts
143Trinity County65.4+36.6 pts
144McKenzie County65.1-78.3 pts
145Gonzales County65.1-10.6 pts
146Conecuh County65.1+17.1 pts
147Early County64.9-8.8 pts
148Macon County64.8+35 pts
149Claiborne County64.6+10.9 pts
150Baker County64.4+0.4 pts
151Decatur County64.1+64.1 pts
152Clarendon County64.1+12.2 pts
153Vilas County63.8+45.5 pts
154Washington County63.6+14.4 pts
155Reynolds County63.6-16.6 pts
156Burleson County63.5+40.2 pts
157Major County63.4-25.4 pts
158Clarke County63+63 pts
159Union County62.9+56 pts
160Colleton County62.7+7.5 pts
161Houston County62.5+26.7 pts
162Edwards County62.5-119.7 pts
163Perry County62.1+62.1 pts
164Cibola County61.8+21.7 pts
165Taliaferro County61.8-60 pts
166Pendleton County61.5+46.6 pts
167Huerfano County61.3+29.8 pts
168McLean County60.8-0.1 pts
169Kinney County60.7+0.3 pts
170Kearney County60.6+60.6 pts
171Graham County60.5+24.6 pts
172Greene County60.3-35.5 pts
173Jim Hogg County59.6+40.1 pts
174Donley County59.5+59.5 pts
175Johnson County59.5+1 pts
176Comanche County59.4+29.4 pts
177Southeast Fairbanks Census Area58.9+44.1 pts
178Dickey County58.3+58.3 pts
179Clearwater County58.2+22.9 pts
180Rooks County58.2+58.2 pts
181Lincoln County58-18.9 pts
182Pecos County58-18.2 pts
183Powell County57.9+28.7 pts
184Russell County57.8+14.8 pts
185Covington County57.8-10.1 pts
186Breathitt County57.7+43.3 pts
187Meigs County57.7+24.2 pts
188Charles City County57.5+14.5 pts
189Denali Borough57.4+57.4 pts
190Upton County57.1-28.8 pts
191Sherman County57.1-58.9 pts
192Levy County56.9+4.5 pts
193Iberville Parish56.9+16.4 pts
194Panola County56.6+13.7 pts
195Las Animas County56.5+49.4 pts
196Monona County56.3+22.8 pts
197Cherokee County56.2+20.2 pts
198Jefferson County56.1+19 pts
199Goliad County56.1+0.5 pts
200Larue County55.9+28.1 pts
201Cumberland County55.9+18.6 pts
202Ferry County55.8+28.1 pts
203Chester County55.7+3.3 pts
204Dundy County55.7+55.7 pts
204Eureka County55.7-153 pts
206Zavala County55.6+2 pts
207Dallam County55.4+41.5 pts
208Aleutians West Census Area55.4+37.3 pts
209Wilkinson County55.3+0.3 pts
210Morris County55.2+1 pts
211Mercer County55+27.6 pts
212Weston County54.9+27.3 pts
213Walworth County54.9+17.9 pts
214Choctaw County54.9+20.9 pts
215Armstrong County54.9+54.9 pts
216Cassia County54.8+25.3 pts
217Poinsett County54.7+21.1 pts
218Forest County54.6+54.6 pts
219Morgan County54.2+10.4 pts
220Wheeler County54.1+18.9 pts
221Hardeman County54+26.9 pts
222Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area54+36 pts
223Roosevelt County53.9+1 pts
224Jo Daviess County53.8+18.2 pts
225Chambers County53.6+15.9 pts
226Wilbarger County53.5+8.1 pts
227Beaverhead County53.4+31.7 pts
228Cherry County53.2+17.9 pts
229Deuel County53.1+53.1 pts
230Lee County52.9-35.8 pts
231Mayes County52.9+35.3 pts
232Lewis County52.9+29.4 pts
233Fisher County52.7+0.2 pts
234Lake of the Woods County52.6+52.6 pts
235Kit Carson County52.6+40.4 pts
236San Jacinto County52.6+29.9 pts
237Knox County52.6+26.3 pts
238Garfield County52.6+52.6 pts
239Carter County52.5-49.8 pts
240Live Oak County52.5-16.1 pts
241Trinity County52.5+19.4 pts
242McHenry County52.2+52.2 pts
243Williamsburg County52.2+28 pts
244Plumas County52.1+25.6 pts
244Willacy County52.1+42.7 pts
246Monroe County52.1+29.6 pts
247Brown County51.9+51.9 pts
248Warren County51.8+21.3 pts
249Apache County51.7-20.5 pts
250Callahan County51.7+6.9 pts

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Traffic fatalities (NHTSA FARS) per 100,000 residents in the same year and place.

Deaths are counted where the crash happened and divided by the resident population, so counties with busy highways and few residents can show very high rates. Differs from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 4 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Which county has the highest traffic fatality rate?

Loving County, with 6,122.4 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to NHTSA and BEA.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatality rate?

Ziebach County, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2016.

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